put a nickel in someone
v. phr.— «I don’t remember putting a nickel in you. But since you’re here, why don’t y’all just eat some of that crap that y’all are so adept at producing?» —“Re: Apology to Don Ridgway” by Humor Impaired Usenet: rec.org.mensa Aug. 5, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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